Most people simply don't comprehend the extent of the surveillance police state that is currently being built out with AI, facial recognition, gait recognition, age verification, drones, digital IDs, targeted spyware, and compliant stablecoins. We have to build out alternative systems, mesh networks, and circular economies using crypto and even gold in the second realm NOW before it is too late. If we don't have the alternative systems in place so that a person can survive without using the state's systems, then the state will have the power to destroy your entire life with the click of a button if you say the wrong thing or associate with the wrong people. If Republicans are in charge you may be accused of being an Antifa sympathizer, if Democrats are in charge you will be accused of being a Far Right Extremist. The groups your are supposed to be afraid of will change, the abuse of power won't. All of a sudden if the state wishes, you wont be able to get on the subway, rent an uber, get on the clearnet, use your debit card, rent a home, get healthcare or insurance of any kind. You won't even be able to buy food. Your stablecoins will be locked. Your KYCed Bitcoin will be blacklisted. Your fiat bank account will be frozen. Your digital ID will be flagged so that you can't even tell people on social media about your situation. At first the public wont even know this is happening to people, it will be dismissed as conspiracy theory. The first people to get locked out of society will be undocumented immigrants and criminals. These will be the test cases. Eventually it will happen to enough regular people that word will get out. By then it will be too late to stop it. Everyone will self censor themselves and all dissent will be suppressed. UNLESS we have these alternative systems built out and ready to go, so if your identity gets blacklisted you can simply live and work in the second realm where state power is lessened. People will even willingly do this as the second realm will become a more attractive place to be. You can resist this police state without violence by ~supporting people who are devoloping freedom tech and privacy tools ~using alternative currencies such as XMR and non-KYC BTC whenever possible. Buy and sell goods and services using these alternatives. Is it less convenient than tap to pay? Yes but it must be done. ~use cash or prepaid debit gift cards registered under an alias if you do use fiat. -do not link your real world identity to your online identity -refuse to use KYCed services or ones that require age verification -opt out of digital IDs -do not use biometrics. The state can force you to unlock a phone with your face or fingerprint, they cannot force you (in America, yet) to unlock with a strong password or PIN. I use a minimum of 13 digits for my phone's PIN. -learn how to grow your own food, befriend others that grow food, start trading directly with them ~use decentralized alternatives to traditional social media and video sharing platforms ~use TOR and other privacy tools, the more we use it the safer it becomes for everyone ~use encrypted messaging and onboard friends and family to use the same ~learn how to lie. You don't have to give every service/business your real name, phone, and address. Use services like MySudo to generate 9 different phone numbers for $15 a month, compartmentalize your life. Put thought into who gets what information. ~use amazon lockers instead of shipping to your home. Use gift cards instead of debit cards. ~scrub photos of exif data before posting any online. Be careful, even local vegetation in the background of a photo can dox your location. ~learn about and use facial recognition countermeasures such as reflectacles ~self host! If you do use the cloud, encrypt locally before uploading anything to it. ~run your own Bitcoin and Monero nodes. ~use Linux with full disc encryption protected by a strong password. ~use Keepass to manage your passwords and identities ~if your VPN is getting you blocked from certain services, use proxies. Opting out is a journey and it starts with a single step. #privacy #optout #secondrealm